The Carolina Force was a professional indoor American football team based in Concord, North Carolina . The team began play in 2012 as an expansion member of American Indoor Football (AIF). The Force played their home games at the Cabarrus Arena & Events Center .
5-781: The Force is the second arena/indoor football team to be based in Concord, following the Carolina Speed which played at the Cabarrus Arena in 2007 and 2008 before moving to Charlotte and the Bojangles' Coliseum the following year. The Force name is derived from a previous AIFA team, the South Carolina Force . All-league selections Note: The Finish, Wins, Losses, and Ties columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play. This American football team article
10-573: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a sports team in North Carolina is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Carolina Speed The Carolina Speed were a professional indoor football team that operated from 2007 to 2011 in Concord and Charlotte, North Carolina , at Bojangles' Coliseum in 2009 and 2011. From 2007 to 2009, the Speed were members of
15-696: The American Indoor Football Association (AIFA). For the 2011 season, the Speed joined the Southern Indoor Football League (SIFL) and the team ceased operations after the season. The owner was Eddie Littlefield. The Speed began in the American Indoor Football Association (AIFA) and first played the 2007 and 2008 seasons in Concord, North Carolina , at Cabarrus Arena . In 2009, they moved home games to Bojangles' Coliseum in Charlotte. The team had decided not to participate in
20-502: The 2010 AIFA season, but announced its intentions to return to the league in 2011. The team had also announced that it would play its future games at the Cabarrus Arena & Events Center in Concord, North Carolina , marking a return to the facility where the Speed began in 2007. Due to the merger of the AIFA and Southern Indoor Football League (SIFL), the Speed returned in 2011 play in
25-655: The SIFL. In addition, the Speed's website stated that they were not returning to Cabarrus and announced their 2011 season would once again have home games at Bojangles' Coliseum. The franchise was to return in 2013 as the Charlotte Speed and play in the Professional Indoor Football League , after originally deciding to play in the Indoor Football League . However, their charter was revoked prior to
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